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Moola Formation

Moola Fm

Period: 
Permian

Age Interval: 
Late Permian-Late Triassic (Changhsingian-Norian)


Province: 
Zimbabwe-Mozambique

Type Locality and Naming

Metangula Basin (Mozambique). A formal lithostratigraphic unit recognized within the Karoo-aged Metangula Basin, which straddles the border between Mozambique and Tanzania. Upper formation in Beaufort Gr in Metangula Basin (Mozambique)

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Composed of a terrestrial clastic sequence consisting of alternating mudstones, siltstones, and sandstones.


Lithology Pattern: 
Fine-grained sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Overlies the Congresso Fm in the Metangula Basin.

Upper contact

Underlies or passes into subsequent rift-basin units such as the Tende Fm.

Regional extent

Correlates with the middle-to-upper portions of the Karoo rift successions (such as portions of the Lower/Middle Sakamena Fm or Beaufort Gr equivalents) in the eastern African rift basins. Geographically restricted to the Metangula Basin in northern Mozambique.


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Fossils


Age 

Late Permian-Late Triassic (Changhsingian-Norian)

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Changhsingian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
254.24

    Ending stage: 
Norian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.6

    Ending date (Ma):  
214.36

Depositional setting

Intracratonic rift basin environments.


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

From the O. Catuneanu et al. The Karoo basins of south-central Africa, Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 211–253; Verniers, J., et al. (1989): The Karoo graben of Metangula, northern Mozambique. Journal of African Earth Sciences.